Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington 98195-7263, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2010 Nov-Dec;27(6):492-503. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00891.x. Epub 2010 Oct 6.
This study examined the associations between employment frustration and both self-rated physical health (SRPH) and self-rated mental health (SRMH) among Asian American immigrants.
A cross-sectional quantitative analysis was conducted utilizing data from 1,181 Asian immigrants participating in the National Latino and Asian American Study.
Employment frustration was measured by self-report of having difficulty finding the work one wants because of being of Asian descent. SRPH and SRMH were each assessed using a global one-item measure, with responses ranging from poor to excellent. Control variables included gender, age, ethnicity, education, occupation, income, whether immigrated for employment, years in the United States, English proficiency, and a general measure for everyday discrimination.
Ordered logistic regression showed that employment frustration was negatively associated with SRPH. This relationship, however, was no longer significant in multivariate models including English proficiency. The negative association between employment frustration and SRMH persisted even when including all control variables.
The findings suggest that Asian immigrants in the United States who experience employment frustration report lower levels of both physical and mental health. However, English proficiency may attenuate the relationship of employment frustration with physical health.
本研究考察了就业挫折感与亚裔美国移民的自评身体健康（SRPH）和自评心理健康（SRMH）之间的关联。
利用参加全国拉丁裔和亚裔美国人研究的 1181 名亚裔移民的数据，进行了一项横断面定量分析。
就业挫折感通过自我报告来衡量，即因为是亚裔而难以找到自己想要的工作。SRPH 和 SRMH 均采用全球单项测量进行评估，回答范围从差到优。控制变量包括性别、年龄、族裔、教育、职业、收入、是否因就业移民、在美国的年限、英语水平以及日常歧视的一般衡量标准。
有序逻辑回归显示，就业挫折感与 SRPH 呈负相关。然而，在包括英语水平的多变量模型中，这种关系不再显著。即使包括所有控制变量，就业挫折感与 SRMH 之间的负相关关系仍然存在。
研究结果表明，在美国经历就业挫折感的亚裔移民报告身体健康和心理健康水平较低。然而，英语水平可能会减轻就业挫折感与身体健康之间的关系。
